Celebrate Freedom on Independence Day

July 4, 2006, 11 AM
Fie On You, King George!
3rd Annual New London Declarations & American Folk Music Festival
Hygienic Art Park, 87 Bank Street, New London, CT
Community reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Time Traveling To Five Years of The Fourth of July
A community pageant, in words and music, in five brief acts.
Act 1, July 4, 1776, Act 2, July 4, 1789 in Paris, France, Act 3, July 4, 1826 Act 4, July 4 1863, Act 4, July 4, 2006 New London Declarations

Just as the writers of the Declaration of Independence sought to address issues and grievances against the British Crown in 1776, New London Declaration also seeks to announce to a candid world that the issues of freedom, equality, justice and honor should still be uppermost in our minds as we contemplate being an American in our republic. We believe these questions of democracy require constant examinations, with a skeptical eyes, and constant vigilance. As patriots said "fie on you, King George" at the founding our republic, so do we today say "fie" on all who would diminish our freedoms for the sake of safety or seek to purchase our democracy.
Written by Peter Roberts, Stage direction: Jim Stidfole, Music: Sherry Stidfole, her crew and Hugh Eli.